Montreal Book Finished

NYC Book Finished

I finally got all my photos done and into my book! I love the way it turned out, lots of pictures and memories from the trip that looks pretty nice right? :)

The front a back covers are wrapped in a Starbucks bag I got on the trip.

On our way to New York, we stayed a night in Boston at a Four Points hotel; I took a picture of the room key, and kept some paper items from the room. We went to a strip mall/food court on the way to the city the next day to eat lunch.

A map of Boston from a tourist booklet.

First thing we did in New York was take a rickshaw down 5th Av.! Lots of tourist shopping for sure. Also went to Walgreens for the first time and H&M.

The next day we visited the Lincoln Center and the metropolitan Museum of Art. I glue the front and back of a gift bag together and made it its own page.

Later we went to Ellen’s Stardust Diner and Times Square. I kept a (clean!) napkin from there because I thought it was cute :)

After dinner and some “oh”s and “ah”s around Times Square, we went to see Wicked (which was just amazing of course). I wrapped a page in a gift bag and kept my ticket. I also have the playbill, but I can’t get my hole punch through it (or bring myself to cut it up).

Of course this trip was a band trip! We played in a music festival at riverside church and hung out in Riverside Park on break. We went to Olive Tree Deli (where we saw that toy cat on the fence). After the festival, we went on a boat cruise , that’s my bracelet from that.

On the last day, we went to see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. I used receipts from the gift shop and deil for the background, a t-shirt tag and a gift bag.

That was my first trip to NYC and defiantly not my last!

Current Projects

NYC book; got the photo paper.

Started my paint by number.

The denim quilt.

Always the backpack.

Getting started on the Montreal book.

NYC Trip Book

When I went to New York (with a hint of Boston) 2 years ago, I took about 1,000 pictures (no joke) and also saved all the papers/ bags/ receipts/ tickets that I collected in those 5 wonderful days knowing that ONE DAY I would document them somehow. Well today was the day and I had forgotten how much STUFF I had saved! Inspired by this post. I bought some book rings, went through my paper and card stock and started hole punching. I have a few more things to put in here, as well as writing out the things we did (luckily I still have the itinerary and some journal pages) and of course PHOTOS. I’ve never been a fan of scrapbooking, it just feels so sterile and commercial to me, buying every little embellishment, and every attempt to make it more “personal” just seems to make the pages look less personal. I like using mostly the patterns and designs of the ‘stuff’ I collect.
For example the front and back covers of the book are covered with a Starbucks bag that I saved. I also used a New England Aquarium bag and a MET bag in the book as their own pages.
I have a lot still to go on this book, but it is a good start to a long awaited project.

P.S: I have recently become SUPER inspired by Elise Blaha

Holiday Card Book

Today I gathered up some of my valentines and Christmas cards and put them together in a hand bound book I had made. I think this is a fun way to display your holiday cards, instead of them bring tucked away in a box. I added some embellishments, stickers, gift tags, wrappers, to make the book full of memories and fun.